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Tracy Renck | Oct 08, 2018

PRCA Stat of the Week

In five of the PRCA’s eight events - saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, team roping heeler, bull riding and steer roping - the average amount of money between the unofficial No. 15 finisher in the 2018 PRCA | RAM World Standings and No. 16 was $576.

The Reno Rodeo Foundation is accepting online applications for both its annual college scholarship program and its annual community grant program. Since 1986, the foundation has endeavored to promote educational opportunities to all eligible Northern Nevada high school graduates. Over the years, the foundation has helped fund hundreds of students in furthering their education. The Reno Rodeo Foundation is offering scholarships to eligible students interested in pursuing higher education at accredited Nevada colleges or universities, or at out-of-state colleges or universities if the declared majors are not offered in Nevada. Additionally, the Foundation is offering a Western Arts & Culture Scholarship to encourage awareness and appreciation of western arts, culture and heritage in college-age Nevadans by recognizing outstanding potential, contributions and skill in the creative arts. One $2,500 scholarship and one $1,000 scholarship will be awarded. The two applicants selected will be awarded based on his/her level of skill in the chosen area of arts/culture, as well as completion of the additional addendum. This scholarship award will be made in addition to the Reno Rodeo Foundation Scholarship. Online scholarship applications are open through Feb. 13, 2019.

A book commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Stonyford (Calif.) Rodeo is on sale at www.stonycreekhorsemen.org. The Stonyford Rodeo has been a PRCA event since 1976. Stonyford's 2010 Census reported 149 people live in the town. The rodeo is in Northern California's Colusa County, about 100 miles north-northwest of Sacramento.